NAFA Teaser Program

NORTH AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF ARTS 2

JULY

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TEASER PROGRAM

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MAYOR’S MESSAGE The North Australian Festival of Arts (NAFA) is back! Bigger, better and even more outrageous than before.

With over 400 events locked in across a number of genres and locations around our city, Townsville City Council is once again proud to present the wonders of NAFA throughout the month of July. This teaser program is a little insight into some of the wonders that will be on show.

From world class headliners to undiscovered talent from right in our own backyard, NAFA provides our community more than a month of entertainment, it brings our city to life and highlights why we choose to live in Townsville, the capital of Northern Australia.

Watch in awe as Townsville is transformed into an arts and culture mecca through the wonders of the Northern Fringe festival - setting our pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes abuzz with activity and joy.

So get excited to get out and about to enjoy the North Australian Festival of Arts in all its glory in a COVID-safe manner in 2021.

Acknowledgement of Country Townsville City Council acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun, Bindal, Gugu Badhun and Nywaigi as the Traditional Owners of this land. We pay our respects to their cultures, their ancestors and their Elders – past and present – and all future generations.

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The White Rose & the Red Theatre iNQ ALL AGES

NAFA

30 JUNE - 11 JULY STRAND PARK

THE MAY WIRTH

With Henry V’s untimely death, England is on the verge of losing all of France as a young farm girl rises to unite her country.

Whilst on home soil, a family feud is about to erupt into a civil war that will rage on for generations, divide families forever and anger the Heavens into action. Directed by Terri Brabon and with an original score by Isadoré, this bold new adaptation of Shakespeare’s legendary history cycle features a talented TheatreiNQ Ensemble.

Ticket Price Varies

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Circus Wonderland 100 years ago Wonderland Spiegeltent ALL AGES

FRINGE

1 - 11 JULY STRAND PARK

SPIEGELTENT

Roll Up, Roll Up!! Experience all of the thrilling edge of your seat entertainment with CIRCUS WONDERLAND – 100 YEARS AGO. Be amazed as you are immersed in the golden era of circus, celebrating a century of wonder! The Wonderland Spiegeltent will be filled with mind-blowing acrobatics, daring aerial feats with a cast of world class circus performers of the most unique, jaw-dropping and spectacular antics from all around the world.

Tickets from $30

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Popcorn Underground Wonderland Spiegeltent 18+

FRINGE

1 - 4, 6 - 11 , 13 - 18 JULY STRAND PARK

SPIEGELTENT

Welcome to the immersive world of POPCORN UNDERGROUND starring the obscenely intelligent, beautifully filthy and rib-crackingly funny Reuben Kaye in an explosion of high camp and filthy humour. Reuben Kaye is an international star, actress, model and award winning cry for help with his band The Kaye Holes.

Tickets from $69

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Dungarri Nya Nya Ngarri Bi Nya Wulgurukaba Walkabouts, Big Eye Theatre Dancers, Komet Dancers, Obery Sambo, Meriam Dancers, Bindal Dancers, Dancenorth Australia ALL AGES

NAFA

3, 4 JULY THE VILLE HEADLAND A ground-breaking celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, song, dance, and storytelling. Against a mosaic of land and water, gather under the starry sky to experience a bold and ambitious performance that pushes the boundaries of traditional and contemporary dance and music, featuring six local First Nations groups and the Dancenorth Ensemble.

Closing out the performance is award-winning multilingual rapper Baker Boy.

Free Event

Credit: Amber Haines

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Brass Monkeys Nicholas Clark Management Pty Circus Trick Tease ALL AGES

NAFA

3 - 6 JULY STRAND PARK

THE MAY WIRTH

Brass Monkeys’ celebrates kids who march to the beat of their own drum. Bursting with high calibre acrobatics, a ton of comedy, live music and high-flying tricks, this show is perfect for little kids and grown-ups who like a big brass belly laugh!

Performed by powerhouse duo Kyle Raftery and April Dawson (Lunar Circus, Circus Oz) and directed by Malia Walsh (Circus Trick Tease).

Tickets from $25

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High Tea with BOOFF Homunculus Theatre Company ALL AGES

NAFA

6 - 11, 14 -18 JULY STRAND PARK Welcome to the wonderful other-worldly realm of BOOFF where you can share stories and biscuits and pour out your heart along with your tea. From the beautiful mind of Clint Bolster - this unforgettable festival experience will be the talk of the town! This show is an unforgettably dark and sweet slice of Tim Burton-esque brilliance. Very limited capacity - be sure to book quickly as it is sure to sell out fast!

Tickets from $15

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WORLD

PREMIERE

Don’t mess with the Dummies Dummies Corp.

NAFA

ALL AGES

14 - 18 JULY STRAND PARK

THE MAY WIRTH

Set up camp and stampede into the jungle for an outlandish, circus filled extravaganza that will leave you chuckling like a monkey and roaring for more. From the unstoppable Dummies Corp comes an all-new extraordinary adventure! Don’t mess with the Dummies, they’re on an expedition and you’re invited along for the ride. Pack your bag, tie your shoes and get ready for circus filled hilarity as the Dummies monkey around the jungle, swing through treetops and skip past foliage.

Tickets from $20

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Comedy Hypnotist Matt Hale: Bonkers!

by Matt Hale Comedy Hypnotist ALL AGES

FRINGE

30, 31 JULY, 1 AUGUST CENTRAL PARK

EMPIRE THEATRE

Come smile, laugh, and leave outrageously happy as international comedy hypnotist Matt Hale shares his own modern brand of hypno laughs (NO swinging watches & 100% chicken free!), hypnotising volunteers with hilarious (but tasteful!) consequences as their imaginations hit turbo!

Tickets from $35

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QUEENSLAND COUNTRY B A N K STA D I U M

N O R T H AU S T R A L I A N F E S T I VA L O F A R T S

PRESENTS

Tropnidcs Tropic sou n

Tones and i

THE PIERCE BROTHERS

GATES OPEN AT 4:30PM | ALL AGES / ALCOHOL FREE | TICKETS FROM $15

Q U E E N S L A N D C O U N T R Y B A N K S TA D I U M SAT URDAY, 3 1 JU LY | 5 – 9 :3 0 PM

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Eden

Legs on the Wall NAFA

18+

22 - 25 JULY CENTRAL PARK This new Australian gothic physical work brings us four very different small-town outsiders. Smoked out and forced to congregate at the edge of town, each having relinquished their home, and life as they know it, to the raging fire that now encircles them. A beaten-up old cattle truck becomes their only way out – if they can get it going. A show rich with choreography and extreme physicality, these four lives are all thrust together as fragments in time play out, is it memory or fantasy?

Tickets from $20

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Tim Ferguson A Fast Life on Wheels NAFA 18+

NAFA

23 - 24 JULY STRAND PARK

THE MAY WIRTH

A Fast Life on Wheels is Ferguson’s personal tragicomic story showing how fast life in a wheelchair can go. Tim proves disability is not the end. His Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has put him in a wheelchair, plaguing him with various daunting symptoms you don’t want to know about. But MS won’t stop Australia’s busiest comedian, screenwriter, movie maker, author and comedy writing teacher. “Forget comic timing,” Tim says, “I’m in a hurry!”

Tickets from $40

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WORLD

PREMIERE

Seaside Sculptures

ephemera

TOWNSVILLE

17-25 JULY

image: Amanda Parer Intrude #intrude #parerstudio #amandaparer

ephemera-tsv.com.au This initiative is proudly supported by the Queensland Government.

TOWN SVILLE 23 JULY TO 01 AUGUST 2021

Celebrate music in the tropics Combine your love of classical music with a tropical getaway at the 30th anniversary Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Over 40 of Australia’s finest musicians will travel to Townsville for ten days of sublime music performances, island concerts and winter warmth.

Enjoy concerts, conversations, masterclasses and more in a wonderfully relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

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disrupt your perception 30 July — 08 August 2021 punq.org.au Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ) is Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts’ premiere festival which showcases the most exciting visual and performance art by North Queensland and Australian artists and arts organisations. Explore exhibitions, site-specific installations, performances and workshops in galleries, pop-up art spaces and the distinctive North Queensland landscape.

POSE presented in partnership with

Sunday 1 August 2021, 5:30pm Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Join us for an evening of wearable art!

Featuring Wearable Art Creatives, ‘People, Culture and Country’, Ulysses and Big Eye Theatre and a Traditional Welcome from the Wulgurukaba Traditional Owners.

Bookings essential tecc.net.au

Image credit: WAC at the Strand Ephemera Block Party in 2019. Photo: Through The Looking Glass Studio. Wearable Art: Cassie Harris and Ken Wallace. Makeup: CMH Artistry. Hair: Hair by Ken. Model: Leah Kim.

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